Improvement in window-shades



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Letters Patent No. 109,271, dated November 15, 1870.

EMPROVEMENT lN WlNDQW-SHADES.

-The Schedule referre to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

different views.

A represents the frame iu which theshadesare secured and slide.

Said shades are three in number, 13,0, and D, which, however, may be more or less, as the height of the window may require.

lhe shade B is a fixture in the frame, whereas the shades C I) are movable, they being secured in the trame by menus of' grooves a, g. 3, formed on the inside of the frame, and iu which the ends of the shades G D are fitted and slide upward au d downward by means ofthe cord E, one end of which is attached to the lower shade D from thence it is carried upover a sheave, F, as shown iniig. 2.

The application of this shade to the window is as fol lows:

The frame A is attached to the inside casing ofthe window in any appropriate way :ts a. fixture. In order to raise the lower shade D, the operator pulls upon the cord E, the result o t' which will be to draw up the lower shade to the position shown in g. 2. At this height it is arrested by the projecting iingers b, fig. 1, catching upon the upper edge of the shade. Should a further elevation ofthe shade or shades be required, the operator continues to pull upon the cord, which will raise the lower shade D still higher, carrying with it the shade C.

The two lower shades may, by this means, be raised to the top of the frame, or at any desired height, and

there secured by tying the cord to the cleat or pin G.

This shade can be easily put up or taken down from the window, nsthe season or other circumstances may require, the frame being secured to the window in u temporary manner, and not as :t permanent fixture, unless so required.

Claim.

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The herein-described movable shades O D and immovable shade B, when arranged in relation to each other, with the iingers b, in combination with the frame A, so as to operate in the manner as described. and for the purpose set forth. l

WILLIAM STRUNK.

Witnesses WILLIAM GRIsT,

M. H. Gms'r. 

